Both are hits of their sophomore 2006 eras

But which 2006 hit do you prefer?

Break it off by bar. Rihanna's mixtapes might've been bad albums but the singles were addictive

has anyone heard this Rihanna "hit" in the almost 20 years since? she's had so many more memorable hits, especially when she was pumping them out every year from 2007-2012. it's a #9 hit that finished at #85 for the year-end chart.

"Check on It" is a 5-week #1 hit that was #10 on the year-end chart and #88 for the entire 2000s decade. and a much better song.

Check on it is legit top 5 on beyonces discography

Such a shame she doesn't perform it. It's a billboard #1 and a total bop

Check On It obviously

Check On It

Too much Sean Paul on Break It Off

5 minutes ago, kimberly said:

has anyone heard this Rihanna "hit" in the almost 20 years since? she's had so many more memorable hits, especially when she was pumping them out every year from 2007-2012. it's a #9 hit that finished at #85 for the year-end chart.

"Check on It" is a 5-week #1 hit that was #10 on the year-end chart and #88 for the entire 2000s decade. and a much better song.

Girl the topic is better bop not what's bigger. Either way SOS and Unfaithful are bigger than that unknown radio payola'd song, esp globally. Lead vs 4th single

Beyonce never performs Check on It ... Such a shame because it's a bóp !

I love "Check On It," but is that second verse Kelly? It's like I can't help but view it as a DC song rather than a solo Bey song. No shade, I just want clarification.

_{Y'all know I love Bey}

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OT: "Break it off" is a bop but is sadly kinda overshadowed by many of her other hits, like "Angel" is for Madonna or "Make It Happen" for Mariah. That said, despite what I typed above and my love for both, I voted COI for both.

7 minutes ago, VioletsandRoses said:

Girl the topic is better bop not what's bigger. Either way SOS and Unfaithful are bigger than that unknown radio payola'd song, esp globally. Lead vs 4th single

"Check on It" is more iconic. and better. hope this helps.

10 minutes ago, reymiu said:

Beyonce never performs Check on It ... Such a shame because it's a bóp !

I love this live version from the I Am... World Tour:

Czech Republic on It

18 minutes ago, reymiu said:

Beyonce never performs Check on It ... Such a shame because it's a bóp !

excuse you, this iconiqué performance is from Check On It

im going with the #1 hit

Check On It

Check on it is too iconic

Check On It for the simple fact that the song is more than a copy & pasted chorus

As a Rih stan, COI. Never cared for Sean Paul on that song

Check On It sweetie...

oh shittledeediddle this is a tough one… on one hand, Break It Off has ALWAYS been a fav of mine from Rihanna's more lowkey pre-Loud slayage, even though it's always struck me as odd that Sean Paul technically sings on the song longer than Rih herself does anyone else notice that? he gets an intro, the first two verses, and ad libs throughout the song including during the bridge (which otherwise would've been the only part Rih would've sung solo). idk it just feels more like a Sean Paul song than it does like a Rihanna song… it's still dancehall pop perfection but hmm

Check on It I REALLY loved when it was released! I loved the Pink Panther movie it was from and then I loved hearing it on the radio… simply pop perfection somehow, even back then, it did not feel like a 5 week #1 single… but I also never understood how it wasn't seen as a major success considering it was even better-sounding than any of her other #1s up to that point were to me! lemme relistening now to determine what my final answer is

yeahhhh I'm giving it to Check on It

I haven't listened to either of these songs since 2006 lol but I'll go with Check On It being more iconic, since it was a #1 hit for so many weeks.

Check on it

And she looked so beautiful in the video too

Listening to Break It Off for the first time, the noise, the nothing chorus

Check On It clears

I have no memory of BIO, and I have its parent album